[PLUG] Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: May PLUG Meeting
Dean S. Messing
deanm at sharplabs.com
Tue Apr 30 21:57:07 UTC 2002
Scott Staples wrote:
:: It's not all that odd.. "administer" means to apply, and "administrate"
:: means to manage. There's a difference, and sourceforge's use is correct.
::
<snip>
:: < I particularly like sourceforge's persistent use of the verb
:: < 'administrate' instead of 'admininster'.
:: < It's not wrong per se, just odd. At least they are consistent. 8;)
:: <
:: < --
:: < ~Randy
For your amusement, here are some entries from the 1934
Webster's Second International (which contains 234,936 words),
whose root is "administ"
administer
administerd <==== (not a spelling mistake)
administerial
administrable
administrant
administrate <====
administration
administrational
administrative
administratively
administrator
administratorship
administratress
administratrices <==== !!! (love it!)
administratrix <==== !!!
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